- 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary on the Qur'ánic Verses Concerning the Overthrow of the Byzantines: The Stages of the Soul, by Moojan Momen (2001). — Commentary on the first few verses of the Quranic Sura of Rum; nine esoteric or mystical interpretat...
- Archeology of the Kingdom of God, The, by Jean-Marc Lepain Peter Terry, trans. (2015). — Analysis of the spiritual worlds as depicted in philosophical and religious texts, from ancient the ...
- Bahá'í Apocalypticism: The Concept of Progressive Revelation, by Zaid Lundberg (1996-05). — Progressive revelation is part of a coherent system of apocalypticism. Paper includes discussion of ...
- Bahá'í Cosmological Symbolism and the Ecofeminist Critique, by Michael W. Sours (1995). — Constituents of Baha'i cosmological symbolism; introduction to the main feminist/environmentalist ar...
- Bahá'í Teachings on The Universe, Ernie Jones, comp. (2017/2022). — Compilation of writings related to the cosmos, the worlds of God, and spiritual evolution.
- Bahá'ísm: History, Transfiguration, Doxa, by Hutan Hejazi Martinez (2010-05). — An outsider's view of the role of ideologies in a postmodern era, focusing on Baha'i history, conver...
- Bahá'u'lláh and the God of Avicenna, by Joshua Hall (published as Joshua D. T. Hall) (2022-03). — Comparison of the teachings of Baha’u’llah on the nature of God with the philosophy of Avicenna;...
- Bahá'u'lláh's "Most Sublime Vision", by Wolfgang A. Klebel (2008). — Examines the question: What philosophical viewpoints are necessary to understand what Baha’u’lla...
- Bahá'u'lláh's Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas: Tablet of the Right of the People, Provisional Translation, by Bahá'u'lláh Mehran Ghasempour, trans. (2007). — A tablet on the metaphorical character of this world.
- Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan, by Bijan Ma'sumian (1993 Fall). — Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Baha'u'llah's life.
- Beginning That Hath No Beginning, The: Bahá'í Cosmogony, by Vahid Brown (2002). — The dimensions of myth in the Baha'i Faith focussing on the religion's narratives of creation, relig...
- Big Bang Standard Model and Bahá'í Cosmology, The: Resolving a Present Disparity Through Science and Religion, by Jack McLean (2025-01). — On cyclic models that posit a universe before the Big Bang; comparison of theories of dynamic expans...
- Brief Discussion of the Primal Will in the Bahá'í Writings, by Keven Brown (1990-01). — Neoplatonic concepts in Baha'i metaphysics.
- "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95, by Necati Alkan (2001). — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
- Concept of Manifestation in the Bahá'í Writings, The, by Juan Cole (1982). — Lengthy overview of Baha'i theology and prophetology and their Islamic roots.
- Cosmogony and Cosmology, by Moojan Momen (1993). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
- Creation: The Nature of God and the Creation of the Universe in Bahá'í Cosmology, by Keven Brown (2003).
- Creation, by Lasse Thoresen (2002). — Contributing to the creation of a new civilization as a researcher or an artist means participating ...
- Demystifying Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet of the Holy Mariner: History, Translations, Interpretations and Analysis, by Hui Bau (2016). — Lengthy compilation, with background information on the Tablet, and commentary from Bau, Adib Taherz...
- Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history, by Encyclopaedia Iranica Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (1982-2023). — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
- God of Bahá'u'lláh, The, by Moojan Momen (2005). — A close look at the view of God presented in the Writings of Baha’u’llah and analysis of the con...
- Humanity and the Universe: Mirror of the Unknown, by Harry Liedtke (1996/2016). — A study of the origin and nature of the universe in light of Baha'i texts; creation and evolution; c...
- "I am all the Prophets": The Poetics of Pluralism in Bahá'í Texts, by Juan Cole (1993 Fall). — Literary analysis of a passage from Tablet of Blood (Súriy-i-Damm) in which Baha'u'llah identifies ...
- Introduction to the Lawh-i Haqqu'n-Nas, An, by Jean-Marc Lepain Peter Terry, trans. (2007). — Summary of the tablet Lawh-i Haqqu’n-Nas, Tablet of the "Right of the People," on the metaphorical...
- Kaleidoscope: Some Aspects of Angelology, Light, the Divine Throne and Color Mysticism in Bábí and Bahá'í Scripture, by Stephen Lambden (2004). — Miscellaneous notes relating to religious cosmology, angelology, color and “throne” symbolism in...
- Lawh-i-Hikmat: The Two Agents and the Two Patients, by Vahid Rafati Keven Brown, trans. (2002). — Discussion of the two terms fa`ilayn (the active force / "the generating influence") and munfa`ilayn...
- Life of Thomas Breakwell, The, by Rajwantee Lakshiman-Lepain (1998). — Breakwell (1872–1902) was a religious seeker who became a Baha'i in Paris in 1901, the first Engli...
- List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations, by Stephen Lambden Arjen Bolhuis, comp. (2018). — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
- Marian Crist Lippitt: Short Biographical Monograph, by Peter Terry (1999). — Controversial both during her lifetime and after, Lippitt was a trained engineer who applied her rig...
- Material and Spiritual Worlds, by Peter J. Khan (2010-12). — Four talks on the Five-Year Plan given at the North Island Baha'i Summer School, Hamilton, New Zeala...
- Metaphysics and Cosmology of Process According to Shaykh 'Aḥmad al-'Ahsā'ī, The: Critical Edition, Translation, and Analysis of Observations in Wisdom, by Idris Samawi Hamid (1998). — Analyzes Shaykh Ahmad's groundbreaking process metaphysics and cosmology through "The Wisdom Observa...
- Mysticism and the Bahá'í Faith, by Farnaz Ma'sumian (1995 Spring). — An examination of the Baha'i Faith's relation to mysticism and mystic themes and ideas present in th...
- On the Meanings of the Terms 'Angels' and 'Jinn': Provisional translation, by Abdu'l-Bahá Adib Masumian, trans, Peyman Sazedj, trans. (2019). — Translation of passages from Tablets of ʻAbduʼl-Baha on the symbolism of jinn and angels in the Qu...
- Oneness of Reality, The: A Response to Moojan Momen's "Relativism as a Basis for Baha'i Metaphysics", by Peter Terry (2018). — Dialogue on epistemology and ontology as presented in the core literature of the Baha’i religion.
- Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Bahá'í Faith, by Christopher Buck (1999). — Study of Baha'i and Christian symbology, the "first academic monograph comparing Christianity and th...
- Prolegomena to a Bahá'í Theology, by Jack McLean (1992). — Groundbreaking and thorough essay on the basic concerns of scholarly Baha'i theology.
- Realms of Divine Existence as described in the Tablet of All Food, by Bijan Ma'sumian (1994 Summer). — Baha'i theoretical theology in the Lawh-i-Qullu'Ta'am.
- Relativism: A Basis For Bahá'í Metaphysics, by Moojan Momen (1988). — "Relativism" as a means of reconciling the often widely-divergent theologies of the world's religion...
- Relativism: A Theological and Cognitive Basis for Bahá'í Ideas about God and the Spiritual World, by Moojan Momen (2011). — A response to Kluge's critiques of his earlier article on relativism.
- Research Department, Functions of; Etymologies of three terms, by Universal House of Justice (1992). — Two questions: (1) what is the function of the Research Department, and (2) etymologies of the three...
- Resurrection and Return of Jesus, by Universal House of Justice (2008). — The body of Christ; the burial of Christ; His return; and explaining the Baha'i view to Christians.
- Retórica Gnóstica de la Espiritualidad en las Escrituras Bahá'ís, La, by Badi Villar Cardenas (2002). — Este escrito contiene una sencilla exposición de la riqueza de expresiones gnósticas que abundan e...
- Sapiential Theosis: A New Reading of Ephrem the Syrian's Hymns on Paradise, by Christopher Buck (1995). — Prepublication chapter from Paradise and Paradigm: Key Symbols in Persian Christianity and the Baha...
- Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran, by Henry Corbin Nancy Pearson, trans. (1977). — An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Isl...
- Structure of Existence in the Bab's Tafsir and the Perfect Man Motif, The, by Todd Lawson (1992). — The Perfect Man is the mediator between God and the World. He is the mirror in which creation sees G...
- Study of the Pen Motif in the Bahá'í Writings, A, by Kavian Sadeghzade Milani, Nafeh Fananapazir (1999). — Theology and background of the "pen" metaphor — the creative force presented by the Manifestation ...
- Stylistic Analysis of the Báb's Writings, A: Abridged Translation of Vahid Behmardi's Muqaddamih-yi dar bárih-yi sabk va siyáq-i áthár-i mubárakih-yi ḥaḍrat-i rabb a`lá, by Vahid Behmardi, William F. McCants (2007). — English translation by McCants of Behmardi's Persian article "Stylistic Analysis of the Bab’s Writ...
- Symbolic Cosmology in the Sufi and Bahá'í traditions, by Michael McCarron (1997). — Introduction to some meanings of the various realms of God.
- "Symbolism in the Badí' Calendar," by Robin Mihrshahi: Review, by Ismael Velasco (2004).
- Tablet of All Food (Lawh-i Kullu't-Ta'am), by Bahá'u'lláh Stephen Lambden, trans. (1984-06).
- Tablet of All Food and the Nature of Reality, The, by Karl Weaver (2016). — Review of the Tablet's historical background, antecedents for specific phrases, English literary com...
- Tablet of All Food, The: The Hierarchy of the Spiritual Worlds and the Metaphoric Nature of Physical Reality, by Jean-Marc Lepain Peter Terry, trans. (2010-04). — Terminology employed by Baha'u'llah to describe the hierarchy of the spiritual worlds: Hahút, Lah...
- Tablet on the Right of the People (Lawh-i haqq al-nas), by Bahá'u'lláh Keven Brown, trans. (2016). — On some situations relating to a person’s private rights, in this case theft and debt, with a larg...
- Tablet to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Concerning the Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria: Baha'u'llah on Hinduism and Zoroastrianism, by Bahá'u'lláh Juan Cole, trans. (1995). — Introduction to, article about, and translation of the Tablet to Maneckji.
- "The active force and that which is its recipient", by Betty Hoff Conow (published as Betty Conow) (1988). — Metaphysics of gender and the Lawh-i-Hikmat; universal spiritualism; social indoctrination of gender...
- Three Stages of Divine Revelation, The, by Guy Sinclair (2002). — Shoghi Effendi states that the Kitab-i-Iqan "adumbrates and distinguishes between the three stages o...
- Wondrous New Day, A: The Numerology of Creation and 'All Things' in the Badí' Calendar, by Robin Mihrshahi (2004/2013). — Symbolism in the Baha'i-era calendar, some Shaykhi origins of the Bab’s cosmology and ontology, an...
- World as Text, The: Cosmologies of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i, by Juan Cole (1994). — Shaykh Ahmad's creative use of mythic symbols can be seen as an escape from the limitations of the c...
- Worlds of God, The, by Iscander Micael Tinto (2013). — Creation is an act of divine manifestation across five realms: Hahút, the unknowable Essence of God...
- Yínyáng Cosmology and the Bahá'í Faith, by Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew (2013). — The yin-yang concept is pivotal to Chinese thought, culture, government, and ethics. It also bears m...
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